by Padraig McCarrick | Jul 14, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * US Special Operations Command’s C-130J aircraft are scheduled to receive new electronic warfare systems aimed to enhance the aircrafts’ survivability equipment to detect, identify, locate, deny, degrade, disrupt and defeat various threats. BAE...
by Padraig McCarrick | Jul 13, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Tuesday saw the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and US Army successfully complete the first ever test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system against an incoming intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). Orbital ATK provided the target,...
by Padraig McCarrick | Jul 12, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $5.6 billion contract modification to an existing contract for Lot 11 low-rate acquisition of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The US Navy contract modification provides for the procurement of 74 fiscal 2017 aircraft,...
by Padraig McCarrick | Jul 11, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Orbital Alliance Techsystems Operations has been awarded a $53.6 contract modification to deliver M1156 precision-guidance kits to the US Army. The agreement will see the firm provide PGKs for converting standard Army unguided 155mm artillery shells into...
by Padraig McCarrick | Jul 10, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will test this week, the intercept of an intermediate-range ballistic missile target using the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. Despite being planned months ago, the test will garner added significance...
